Whip-lock



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WHIP LOCK.

Patented May 31, 1887..

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EDYVARD J. COLBY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,990, dated May 31, 1887. I

Application filed November 12, 1886. Serial No. 218,672. I (No model.)

Improvements in Whip-Locks',which are fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to means for locking whips in'their sockets, so as to prevent theirbeing'removed in the absence of the owner.

The object of my invention is to provide a locking device which will encircle the whip above the handle and when locked will prevent the whip from being drawn through or out of its socket. I attain this object by means of the mechanism illustrated in the drawings, wherein v Figure 1 is a side elevation of a whip, with its socket and locking device, with the whip locked in position. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same with the whip locked in position. Fig. 3 is a front view of the lock with the cover and whip removed. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the lock with the whip removed. Fig. 5 is a front view of the lock closed,with the whip and cover removed. Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the lock and key, showing the latter in the process of unlocking.

Similar parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

A is a whip-socket.

Bis the dash-board. o

O G are staples securing the socket to the dash-board.

D is a part of the buggy-frame.

E is the whip.

F is the rail at the top of the dash-board.

G is the lockcover. p

H is the body of the lock, provided with the curved forwardly-projecting arms J J, so as to form a sort of socket.

K is acurved socket-shaped piece, which rests between the arms J J and rotates on them. It is provided with an upper thumb piece, L, which has a shoulder to rest, on the upper curved arms J J. A curved piece, K, grooved at its edge, as shown, is inserted between the upper and lower arms J J and rotates upon them. i To this piece the socketK is secured 'by the screws M M, and thus the socket K is supported in position so as to be rotated about its axis and on the arms J J. N is a drum-shaped piece, having the latch drum, and O is a slot in the pieceiK to-receive the latch.

The use and operation of my invention areas follows: The whip-socket is secured in position as usual. The lock is securely fastened to the side iron of the dash-board just above the socket in the position shown in the drawings. It is then turned into the position shown in Fig. 8, so that the whip,when placed in its socket, will lie within the arms J J and in the socket K. This latter socket is smaller than the socket proper, so that the'handle of the whip cannot be drawn through the same when the socket is turned around, as shown in Fig. 1.

When the driver leaves his buggy, leaving the whip in its socket, he turns the piece K into the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of the thumb-piece L. He then, by means of the thumb-pieceN, turns the drum Nuntil the latch O has, entered the slot 0 in the side of the curved piece K, at which moment the spring-dogR is received into the aperture? and the drum, and consequently the socket K is locked in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

When the owner returns and desires to release the whip, he inserts the key T in the aperture S until it has reached the bottom of said aperture, when by a little pressure the bit U is forced outward through theaperture P against the dog R. Thus the dog is thrown out of the aperture P and the drum N released, when by turning the key the latch 0 will be taken out of the slot 0 and the socket be released. The piece K is then turned around into the position shown in Fig. 3.

It is clear that any kind of key orlock could be used and that the same could be attached at any distance from the whip-socket, or, indeed, could be a part of the latter.

I claim 1. A whip-lock consisting of an open cylin- 5 drical piece secured to the dash-board above the socket, so as to receive the whip above its handle, a similar cylindrical piece secured to and rotating on such first-mentioned cylindrical piece, and a lock or bolt which enters a slot [0 in the rotating piece and locks the same.

2. In a whip-lock, the combination of a cylindrical socket with a cylindrical piece which fits in, is secured to, and rotates on such EDWARD J. COLBY. Witnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, G. G. JACKSON. 

